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rob hardy 🦌 • Non-Coercive Marketing: A Manifesto
In early 1947, he was approached by a Palmach commander named Dov Zayces, who asked him whether he knew anything about torpedoes, self-propelled weapons with explosive warheads. Sharon answered that all he knew about torpedoes was based on what he had seen in movies and read in books. Zayces gave him five pounds sterling and instructed him to trave
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Mike Hobson
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I’m an editor and graphic designer who enjoys playing the drums, running, meditating, and reading.
Before the invasion of Tarawa—the central island of the Gilbert Island thrust—the Navy’s hydrographic analysis showed that on the morning of assault the coral reef that surrounded the island would only be submerged to a depth of four feet six inches. A fully loaded Higgins Boat had a draft of four feet—just enough. When it was discovered, however,
... See moreBenjamin H. Milligan • By Water Beneath the Walls
shoulder. So, upon receipt of Joy’s directive, Doyle immediately summoned the Navy complement to his Mobile Training Team of Marines, a ten-man squad of UDT 3 swimmers. It’s worth noting that Doyle did not ask if such a mission was within their purview.
Benjamin H. Milligan • By Water Beneath the Walls
later, Eric Haney published Inside Delta Force: The Story of America’s Elite Counterterrorism Unit (Haney 2002),
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
